This Week on Legal Planet

Logo of the 2009 climate change negotiations in Copenhagen.

Dec 11 U.S. single track proposal sounds a lot like WTO ‘single undertaking’
It appears the global North is once again seeking a compromise deal with the South, based on a promise that they can deliver political support at home… [read more]

Dec 10 California publishes new report on adapting to climate change impacts; is anyone paying attention?
All eyes are on the COP-15 proceedings in Copenhagen, and specifically on the prospects for greenhouse gas reductions emerging from the meeting.   At… [read more]

Dec 10 UCLA Sustainable Technology Policy Program Receives Grant for Alternatives Assessment
The Sustainable Technology Policy Program, an interdisciplinary project of UCLA School of Law and the UCLA School of Public Health, has received a research… [read more]

Dec 10 A Rift Appears Within the G77 + China, Derailing the COP & CMP “ But Not the Real Work
Before preparing for this trip to Copenhagen, I conceived of UN international negotiations as massive plenary sessions where countries debate various… [read more]

Dec 09 Op-ed on local renewable energy production
Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) and I authored an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle today that outlines steps California can take to boost… [read more]

Dec 09 Early endangerment finding fallout
As Dan discussed here, on Monday EPA finalized its finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. The new rule won’t… [read more]

Dec 09 “Oil and politics mix well, but I’m not sure if oil and science mix well”
“Oil and politics mix well, but I’m not sure if oil and science mix well.”  So stated IPPC Chair Rajendra Pachauri when asked by… [read more]

Dec 08 An Important New Working Paper Series
The Energy and Resources Group (ERG) at UC Berkeley has begun a new series of working papers.  The series will feature new research on energy, sustainability… [read more]

Dec 08 Climategate: Did the Russians do it?
The “Climategate” story gets even weirder. New Scientist reports (picking up the story from The Independent) that anonymous sources in the… [read more]

Dec 08 Global cooling? Not!
Climate change deniers (I can’t bring myself to write “denialists,” which is not a word recognized by my dictionary) have made a lot… [read more]

Dec 08 Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
Now you don’t have to check the Legal Planet webpage to find out if there’s anything new.  You can get notice by email whenever there&#8217… [read more]

Dec 07 COP 15 Kicks Off!
Today we were inundated with weighty rhetoric and a shiny vision of what the future could hold.  The COP 15 opening was inspiring and seemed to focus… [read more]

Dec 07 The Other Shoe Drops
Today, EPA made its long-expected official finding: climate change is real, and we human beings are the cause…. [read more]

Dec 07 Winning Hearts and Minds on Climate Change: Climategate, EPA Announcement and Copenhagen
Proponents of rigorous regulation of greenhouse gas emissions finally have the international stage today as all attention shifts to Copenhagen.  And the EPA has chosen this opening day to announce… [read more]

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